By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler is having trouble recruiting men and women to become correctional officers at the county jail. He recently asked the Knox County Commission for permission to drop the minimum entry age...
Knoxville TVA Credit Union opens Northshore location By Ken Lay Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union is celebrating its 89th anniversary this year. The financial institution celebrated by officially opening a new location in West Knox County. The newest location...
By Steve Hunley Knox County Republicans To Reorganize Knox County Republicans will gather to reorganize in convention on Saturday, February 18 at Crowne College in Powell. The little band of political pirates who boarded the GOP ship two years ago is fighting...
After a grown-up decision, West twins will go separate ways By Steve Williams West High’s talented football twins, Brayden and Cayden Latham, have always played on the same team, but that will change this coming season. Brayden, a running back, and Cayden, a defensive...
By Ray Hill Robert A. “Fats” Everett lay ailing in Nashville’s Veterans Hospital. For decades the 6-foot-4 congressman, whose weight teetered between 255 and 370 pounds, had been a fixture in Tennessee politics. Everett had learned politics from some of the...
Clayton’s Christmas Card By Ralphine Major His Christmas card was postmarked November 23, 2022. It included a picture of him wearing his traditional white cowboy hat. Little did we know that this Christmas card would be the last one from Clayton Sharp. Clayton passed...
‘Connection’ with Delta Devils played a part in BHS signing day By Steve Williams Four members of the Bearden High football program signed college scholarship papers Wednesday and one took advantage of a “connection” that first-year BHS Head Coach Josh Jones had with...
New Emergency Mobility Equipment Trailer to assist first responders, disabled By Bill Howard Suppose a fire in a high-rise apartment building required the desperate evacuation of someone confined to a wheelchair. Waiting for an elevator that might not work could mean...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley They Should Pay For It The City of Knoxville has paid $150,000 to hire someone to write a grant to build a “pedestrian” bridge across the Tennessee River. The proposed bridge would span the South Knoxville waterfront to the...
Commission looks at rule changes, first-reading items By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com While the Knox County Commission may pass a large tax break for a future mixed-use complex at 1624 Riverside Drive, the vote is but one item on a long agenda next...
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